National-World

By Zoe Sottile, CNN An 80-year old woman is dead after falling into a pond and being grabbed by alligators in Sarasota County, Florida on Friday, authorities said. The woman fell into a pond along the golf course at around 8:15 p.m. at the Boca Royale Golf and Country Club in Englewood, Florida, according to

By Jalen Beckford and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Two men are in police custody after allegedly vandalizing more than 150 headstone markers across two Tennessee cemeteries overnight Friday, according to officials. The markers were overturned and damaged in the Cedar Grove and Wilson County Memorial Gardens cemeteries of Lebanon, Tennessee. “As someone who has family buried

By Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Dramatic new video of first responders at Robb Elementary School shows a close-up view of the action — and inaction — of the law enforcement response to the unfolding massacre. Body camera footage reveals officers smashing windows and pulling children out of the school as well as

By Zoe Sottile, CNN When this Kentucky woman won the lottery, she wasn’t the only one who benefited. Crystal Dunn won $146,351.74 seconds after making a $20 Instant Play wager, according to a Thursday news release from the Kentucky Lottery. “I never thought I would win something like this, but this goes to show it

By Emma Tucker US Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas have seized nearly 90 pounds of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $690,000, the agency said. Border Patrol officers and Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized 32 packages containing nearly 90 pounds of alleged cocaine, CBP said in a

By Melissa Alonso and Michelle Watson, CNN A 17-year-old who escaped with five other inmates from the Bridge City Center for Youth in Louisiana on Sunday is back in custody, officials said Louisiana State Police and New Orleans Police Department officers captured the inmate following a chase which ended near the New Orleans Superdome around

By Sara Smart, CNN After losing their mother to brain cancer in April, a Tennessee woman wanted to make her younger sister’s birthday special. But after only one person responded to their party invitations, strangers stepped in to show their support. Chloe Sexton, 28, and Charlotte Sexton, 8, lost their mother, Jennifer, on April 12

By Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is National Ice Cream Day! OK, I know what you’re thinking … isn’t this just some phony celebration dreamed up by the powerful ice cream lobby to get us to buy more delicious frozen treats? Turns out that it’s completely legit, thanks to a proclamation signed by President Ronald Reagan

By AJ Willingham, CNN Sheletta Brundidge has a keen eye for little miracles. Whether it’s faith or gratitude, she knows not to look away when life shows you something special. That’s how an innocent misunderstanding by her son became a viral children’s book, which led to a meaningful friendship with one of NASCAR’s top drivers.

By Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Musa, CNN Four first responders who were killed when a sheriff’s office helicopter crashed in New Mexico on Saturday have been identified, officials said. Three employees with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and one worker with the county’s fire department were killed near Las Vegas, New Mexico, the sheriff’s office

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It’s not just that US Supreme Court majorities upheld Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and overturned Roe v. Wade. The opinion also skewed the crux of the conversation going forward — with just three words. “Unborn human being” is the term Associate Justice Samuel Alito adopted from the Mississippi statute, thereby